challenging good local governance experiences from afghanistan conrad schetter
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Challenging Good Local Governance
Experiences from Afghanistan
Conrad SchetterBonn, 4 October 2007
Good Governance versus Governance
Good Governance
“getting politics right“
from “top down to bottom up“
guided by the paradigm of liberal democracy
Good Governance versus Governance
Governance …
“… refers to the formation and stewardship of the formal and informal rules that regulate the public realm, the arena in which states as well as economic and social actors interact to make decisions” (Goran Hyden 2002)
academic perspective on mechanisms and rules, which generate policy outcomes
ZEF projects on Governance All large ZEF-projects on natural
resources include a governance dimension (GLOWA; Khorezm etc.)
Further projectsGood Governance and the Law-making
Process for Economic Reforms in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan (Noha al-Mikawy)
Alternative Institutions for Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries (Stefanie Engel)
The Impact of Liberalization cum Decentralization Economies on Russia‘s Agro-food Sector (Peter Wehrheim)
ZEF projects on Governance
ZEF-Governance Research interlinked with research on
knowledge
cultural diversity
decentralization
Good Local Governance in Fragile States
Why important?on the local level people are facing
decision making process on a daily basis
lack of state structures on the local level
lack of contact persons for development agencies
Good Local Governance in Fragile States
Good Local Governance aims
to empower local communities
to introduce liberal democratic principles
Research Area
Kunduz
Good Local Governance in Afghanistan
Projects quick and visible increasing the acceptance and
physical security of IOs/NGOs
Intervening in existing power structures manifestation of power structures de-legitimacy of democratic principles … or destabilization of the local social
order
Good Local Governance in Afghanistan
Undercover State Building via Good Local Governance identifying, shaping and territorializing
of “village communities”
IOs/NGOs – Agencies of modernity IOs/NGOs are symbolizing the
enforcement of a new order and the restructuring of power
Conclusion
Good Governance is caught between two normative dilemmas
a) Encouraging ownership of the people
b) Introducing modern standards
Conclusion
Role of research at ZEF
Generating knowledge about the policy and the implementation of good governance approaches
Generating knowledge about local institutions and actors
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Viele Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit
Thank you for your attention
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